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Empathy Test 'Monsters' by Calum Macdiarmid

Rob Ulitski - 18th May 2020

A squabbling couple find a mysterious robed figure waiting for them in Calum Macdiarmid's haunting visual for Monsters. 

Driving into a multi-storey carpark, the couple are confronted by a statuesque character in an unusual mask and robe, who then performs, transfixing them with hypnotic and otherwordly movements. 

Quickly spinning into a whirlwind of sex, regret, happiness and satisfaction, the themes are very much open to interpretation, with an undercurrent of complex emotions and events leading to this point in the story. 

"The idea for the film was inspired by marriage therapy, horror films, and dogging," says Macdiarmid. "I liked the idea of couples going on these brilliant seedy adventures at night, but what if they found something even more magical than just sex?" 

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Rob Ulitski - 18th May 2020

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Calum Macdiarmid
Producer
Mathilde Stone
Production Company
Great Guns
Executive Producer
Great Guns

Camera

Director of Photography
Max Witting

Editorial

Editing company
Will Cole Films

Grading

Colourist
Vlad Barin
Colour grade company

Agent

Director's Representation
OB Management

Commission

Commissioner
Empathy Test

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Cast

Isabella Mahmoud, Julia Mauelshagen, Mathijs Swarte

Rob Ulitski - 18th May 2020

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